Do you deserve to die by stoning if you happen to fall in love with someone who belongs to another religious sect? It sounds crazy in the truest sense of the word, but it’s true. This is what happened to Du’a Khalil Aswad, a 17-year-old girl belonging to the Yezidi religious minority in Northern […]
Energy Security: what is the European answer?
In early February this year during a security and defense conference in Germany, Vladimir Putin accused the United States of making the world a more dangerous place by pursuing policies aimed at making it "one single master". In a tone that sounded so much like the Cold War rhetoric of the not too distant past, […]
Dog meat, anyone?
The idea alone of eating dog meat scares a lot people, especially those in the West, whose appetite for this animal seems remote considering that they are man’s best friend. The question that would always crop up in their minds is that why should we kill dogs for meat purposes? Some kind of a big […]
General Parvez Musharaf is more effective in his uniform
President General Parvez Musharaf without uniform will become an easy pray to the forces of extremism and ignorance currently struggling to gain power through bullet, ballot and Islam, in Pakistan. General Parvez Musharaf as chief of Pakistan armed forces and as President of Pakistan is an effective weapon against forces of extremism and ignorance, the […]
Half of Top Enterprise Open Source Projects Don’t Offer Enterprise Grade Support, OpenLogic Study
Research Also Shows Open Source Usage Skyrocketing in the Enterprise, Sharp Increase in Demand for Support and Policies BROOMFIELD, Colo. –February 7, 2007 –OpenLogic, Inc., a leading provider of software, stacks and support that enable enterprises to easily deploy and manage customized open source environments, today announced the […]
AIDS & Spatial Planning
The Metlife Foundation and the Enterprise Foundation share a common commitment in building healthy communities. Began in 1996, the group recognizes nonprofit groups for innovation in two main areas: supportive housing and property asset management. The “Awards For Excellence In Affordable Housing,” represents models that serve as inspiration for other groups with a desire […]